Alcazar and Farewell

 14-May-2022

Today we'll knock off the last palace on the trip. The Alcazar was built by the Moors and turned over to the Christians after the Reconquista. It was then used by the Spanish royal family for a summer home for 500 years.  They had a really nice backyard.

And a scale model of the Santa Maria.  I think maybe Chris was sniffing some of the model glue when he came up with idea for the trip.

We also saw the king's water organ that had no water (and no organ).

There was some tomfoolery at the end of the visit.

Then it was back to Mozart's place for an afternoon siesta and to put on a clean shirt for the carriage ride to the Farewell Dinner.

But first a stop for a bridge picture.

We went to a new-to-Rick Steves restaurant since the place the tour usually went got Covided out of business.  As usual William made a great choice.  I only took one picture at the restaurant, I was busy enjoying my last pretty slices of Iberian ham.

They all look hungry.

We all strolled back to Amadeus, enjoyed a last nightcap and started frantically arranging a COVID test at the airport. The trip was over at breakfast the next day but we were long gone to the Madrid train by that time. 

We really want to thank William for a fantastic trip due to all his efforts and a bit of luck with the weather.  It was also luck that we had William for a guide since he doesn't do as many tours at the other guides. For our last piece of luck that would be spending 2 weeks in crowds, buses, trains and planes and NOBODY GOT COVID! (yet).  William nags about masks a lot and the nagging paid off.

Bye until next time.